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was laid 20 years ago but was raised about 10 years ago. Case decided in favour of the plaintiff, who was awarded £20. -24 April 1850, The Hamilton Spectator The Plank Road Ball This brilliant affair came off at Norval on Friday week. As rough and unpropitious as was the weather, the attendance was very large, no fewer than 120 persons having made their way through fast-falling snow to the place of tryst. The ball room was erected for the occasion by William Clay, Esq. and justice constrains us to say that the spaciousness of the apartment, and the tastefulness of its decorations, reflected the highest credit upon that gentleman... Searl's band from Toronto occupied the orchestra. Quadrille, polka, waltz and reel followed in unflagging succession till two o'clock AM when the company, with appetites sharp as one of Mechi's razors, adjourned to the adjoining supper room, which was fitted up with a splendour reminding one of the Arabian Nights. After full justice had been rendered. W H. Paterson. Esq. proposed the health of the Queen. The National Anthem was toasted by our new councilman, Benjamin Switzer, Esq. John Duggan. Esq. in the name of his fair clients, thanked the company Success was next drunk to the Streetsville, Toronto and Guelph Plank Road Company and responded to in appropriate terms by James Cotton, Esq. Finally there was a toast to William Clay, Esq. the host by Mr. Young. -16 January 1851, The Streetsville Review